Posted by MikeT23 on 2/25/2017 6:00:00 AM (view original):
Posted by MikeT23 on 2/24/2017 9:56:00 AM (view original):
Realism. Advantage or no, no one coaches at a school for 42 years nor do they coach for 93 seasons. Yes or no?
Did you read my post at all or just respond? "I'm certainly NOT in favor of term limits" is there for all to see.
Are you sure that a kid would NEVER choose a D3/D2 over a D1? If so, why did you just give examples? Mom gets cancer, little bro paralyzed in car wreck, waiting for girlfriend to graduate HS, etc, etc. We have ONE example of a D3 beating a D1 that actually put in effort. ONE example and you and I both agree that it COULD happen under certain circumstances. So why all the hoopla?
One example. If there were more, you know we'd have heard about it. 10 worlds, 3-4 seasons(maybe more), 1 example.
The fact that it only happened once is completely immaterial.
This specific case gives us insight into where the programmers set the parameters for each recruiting action, and which scenarios fall on the side of "could conceivably happen" vs "could never, ever happen". We all agree that two schools of equal prestige, distance, prefs and effort should both have approx the same chance at a recruit. And we can all agree (or at least I hope we can) that, say, a D1 A+++ who matches all prefs and puts in full effort and promises to get to VH shouldn't have to battle a D+ D3 school that puts in 20 AP and no promises. That scenario could happen a million times and not once would the D3 get to VH, and rightfully so.
So the question is, where's the line drawn in between those extreme scenarios? What's at the exact edge of what's permitted? And many of us feel that this specific case should fall into the "never ever permitted" side. And I'm glad this case was brought up, because I just want to know if the programmers intended this to be allowed (in which case we can have a community discussion about it, or at least better understand the game) or if they look at this case and say "crap, that went too far" and adjust the parameters. Either way, it's worth them knowing.
Now, you can disagree with others on this thread, and say "I'm fine with this case occurring". Fair enough, that's your opinion. But the notion of "it only happened once, what's the big deal" is a nonstarter.